Commercial

Together makes capital appointment

Specialist lender Together has appointed a new divisional sales manager for London. Tanya Elmaz has...

Dragonfly to rebrand in the New Year

Dragonfly Property Finance, part of the Octopus group, will rebrand to become part of...

Shawbrook makes changes to RI0 product

Shawbrook Bank has announced changes to its RI0 product for simple residential security. Based on...

Is it payback time for banks?

I am sure I am not the only one who is horrified to see...

New BDM for challenger bank

Shawbrook Commercial has appointed a new business development manager (BDM). Krissy Salmon will be based...

Record results for Crystal

Crystal Specialist Finance has passed the total figure for issued terms in 2014, and...

Brightstar receives Investors in People bronze award

Brightstar has achieved an Investors in People bronze level accreditation following its first assessment.  Just...

Damien Druce joins Castle Trust

Castle Trust Capital has appointed Damien Druce as national development manager, distribution partners. He...

Bibby opens South London business centre

Bibby Financial Services has announced the opening of its South London Business Centre in...

Dragonfly updates its development finance products

Dragonfly Property Finance had made two changes to its development product range. The interest...

United Trust Bank hires head of credit

United Trust Bank has appointed Rob Sherr as its chief credit officer. Sheer (pictured)...

Go Commercial Finance gets FCA permissions

Go Commercial Finance has been granted full consumer credit permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority...

Oblix Capital hires regional development manager

Short term bridging and development finance provider Oblix Capital has appointed of Steve Woods...

InterBay Commercial unveils fixed rate range 

InterBay Commercial has launched new fixed rate mortgage range for buy-to-let lending. The new four...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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